John David Wells is a co-founder and principal of Pecan Creek Energy and oversees all aspects of the company’s acquisition and land programs. John David began his career assembling lease positions for XTO Energy, Inc. and Chesapeake Energy in the Haynesville and Barnett shales. He later became part of an aggregator as acquisitions and land director, purchasing over $500 million in Gulf Coast mineral and royalty acreage on behalf of institutional and family office investors. John David holds licenses and certifications from AAPL and a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University.

Adam is a co-founder and principal at Pecan Creek Energy, overseeing all underwriting and marketing efforts. Before co-founding PCE, Adam spent 11 years in similar roles in the mineral acquisition space, crafting strategies and parameters and analyzing deals on behalf of over a dozen mineral funds. In his career, he has played a role in over 4,000 mineral transactions, totaling over $500 million in acquisitions primarily in the Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales and the Permian Basin. Adam holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Texas at Dallas and a bachelor’s degree in newswriting from the University of Missouri. In his free time, Adam enjoys fishing, camping and college football.